Improvement insteering-braces for boats



N. PETERS. PHOTO-LAITHQGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HOIVARD NICHOLS, OF NEV BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lNSTEERlNG-BRACES FOR BOATS,

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 2,259, dated September18, 1841.

To all whom t Noa/y concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD NICHOLS, blacksmith, of New Bedford, in thecounty of Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Machines to be Used in Steering Whale- Boatsand other Boats, called a Steering- Brace, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of Iny invention consists in an apparatus of iron or othermetal to be attached to the stern-post or other part of the stern of theboat, through which apparatus the oar passes, and by means of which theoar may be moved or Worked both vertically and horizontally. I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, and I refer to theaccompanying drawing.

The drawing represents the Whole apparatus attached to the boat, andalso its separate parts.

A is a ring,in which the oar is worked, and the ring may be made of anyconvenient form.

From the lower part of ringA extends a bolt which passes through thehorizontal bolt B, resting on a shoulder, and turning in its socket inB, and thus giving ring A and the oar a horizontal motion. The left-handend or projection of B passes through a horizontal opening or socket inC, in which it plays or Works, and thus gives to ringAand the oar'thecapacity of a vertical or dipping motion.

rlhe lower part of C is a plate, by which the apparatus is attached tothe boat by means of bolts, screws, and nuts, or otherwise.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The method of steering boats by passing the oar through a ring of metalWhich is connected with the stern of the boat by a double joint,constructed substantially as herein described, by means of which the oarcan be moved Vertically and horizontally, as herein described.

HOWARD NICHOLS.

Iitnessesz J. H. W. PAGE, T. D. LINCOLN.-

